Simon Reeve
Birthday: Born in 1972-06-21 in Hammersmith, London, England
Deathday: Alive
Simon Reeve is a British author and television presenter, currently based in London. He makes travel documentaries in little-known areas of the world and has written books on international terrorism, modern history and his adventures. He has presented the BBC television series Tropic of Cancer, Equator and Tropic of Capricorn.
TV Credits
Incredible Journeys with Simon Reeve
Character: Self
During a career spanning more than fifteen years, Simon has visited over a hundred countries on six different continents. Now, he catches up with some of the memorable characters he's met along the way....
Ireland with Simon Reeve
Character: Himself - Presenter
Simon Reeve sets out on an epic journey around the island of Ireland - a place steeped in history, culture and belief, but with a complex past. Part 1: South Simon begins his journey in the south of Ireland, paramotoring with an Irish explorer. On the west coast, he does spot of surfing before climbing Croagh Patrick in honour of Ireland's patron saint. This leg of his journey ends in Malin Head, Ireland's most northerly point....
Sacred Rivers with Simon Reeve
Character: Presenter
Sacred Rivers With Simon Reeve follows Simon Reeve as he finds out stories from different parts of the world that cannot be understood without the vast influence of local rivers....
Pilgrimage with Simon Reeve
Character: Himself
For centuries, pilgrimage was one of the greatest adventures on Earth, involving epic journeys across the country and around the world, and new BBC Two series Pilgrimage With Simon Reeve sees Simon retrace the exciting adventures of our ancestors....
The Lakes with Simon Reeve
Character: Self
Simon Reeve travels through the glorious Lake District and breathtaking Cumbria, revealing the secrets of this iconic part of Britain....
Australia with Simon Reeve
Character: Self - Presenter
Simon Reeve sets off on an extraordinary adventure across Australia. This mad adventure, involving specially adapted off-road vehicles and a chopper, is part of an ongoing effort to stop the damaging spread of up to a million feral camels across the country....
Russia with Simon Reeve
Character: Himself - Host
One hundred years after the Russian Revolution, Simon Reeve embarks on an extraordinary three-part journey across Russia....
This World
Character:
The series is mainly focused on social issues and current affairs stories around the world. International current affairs documentaries, replacing "Correspondent"....
Turkey with Simon Reeve
Character: Himself - Presenter
Travel writer Simon Reeve embarks upon two long-distance journeys across Turkey, exploring this dramatic and beautiful country that now finds itself at the centre of world events....
Wilderness with Simon Reeve
Character: Self - Presenter
On his toughest journeys yet, Simon Reeve travels through some of the most remote landscapes on Earth in search of the people and the wildlife of the planet’s greatest wildernesses....
Extraordinary Rituals
Character: Himself - Narrator
Explores the spectacular and emotional world of rituals....
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Character: Self – Broadcaster
The big names behind the big stories. Laura Kuenssberg talks to those making the news, inside and outside politics....
Tropic of Cancer
Character:
Tropic of Cancer is a BBC television documentary presented by Simon Reeve. It was first broadcast on BBC Two in 2010. It follows his previous series Equator and Tropic of Capricorn....
Indian Ocean with Simon Reeve
Character:
Starting his journey in South Africa, Simon travels around the coast of the Indian Ocean, heading up the east coast of Africa, around India and back down the western coast of Indonesia to SW Australia. The extraordinary adventure takes Simon to 16 countries, as he braves the horrors of front-line conflict in Mogadishu in Somalia, perhaps the most dangerous place on the planet, and visits the beautiful Maldives, Mauritius and the Seychelles....
Burma with Simon Reeve
Character: Self
Simon Reeve travels to beautiful and troubled Burma, also called Myanmar, to explore the country after the forced delocation of ethnic Rohingya Muslims from their homes....
Wildfires 2014: Inside the Inferno
Character: Himself
At the height of the worst wildfire season in a decade, Kate Humble and Simon Reeve travel to New South Wales, Australia to discover how the 70,000-strong Rural Firefighting Service contend with as many as 100 fires a day....
Equator
Character: Presenter
Simon Reeve takes a 25,000 mile journey around the Equator...
Arctic Live
Character: Himself - Presenter
Gordon Buchanan, Kate Humble and Simon Reeve head north to follow the remarkable story of polar bears and the Arctic....
The Great Comic Relief Bake Off
Character: Himself - Contestant
Comic Relief takes over the Great British Bake Off tent. Different celebrity faces battle it out with their baking skills to claim one of the coveted Comic Relief Star Baker titles....
Simon Reeve's South America
Character: Self
An astonishing adventure through some of the most beautiful, fascinating places on earth. From giant cities to remote communities, Simon meets the people of a changing continent....
Meet the Stans
Character:
Meet the Stans was a 2003 travel documentary, part of the Holidays in the Danger Zone series, produced and broadcast by the BBC, and written and presented by Simon Reeve. The series featured Reeve travelling through Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. It was broadcast from 3–6 November 2003, on BBC Two....
Caribbean with Simon Reeve
Character: Himself
Simon Reeve travels around the Caribbean Sea in this stunning series. With insight, humour and warmth Simon discovers an extraordinary, extreme region, as well as some of the pressing issues facing wildlife and people living there....
Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime
Character: Self
Michael Palin revisits his first four TV travel documentaries. He draws on his personal archive of audio recordings and diary notebooks, and reflects on how he became a seasoned global traveller. Featuring contributions from fans and friends, including David Attenborough, Joanna Lumley and Simon Reeve....
The Graham Norton Show
Character: Self
Each week celebrity guests join Irish comedian Graham Norton to discuss what's being going on around the world that week. The guests poke fun and share their opinions on the main news stories. Graham is often joined by a band or artist to play the show out....
The Americas with Simon Reeve
Character: Self
In this limited series Simon Reeve begins his most ambitious journey yet, travelling the entire length of the Americas...
Cuba with Simon Reeve
Character:
Adventurer and journalist Simon Reeve heads to Cuba to find a communist country in the middle of a capitalist revolution. Two years ago Cuba announced the most sweeping and radical economic reforms the country has seen in decades....
Greece with Simon Reeve
Character:
Simon Reeve presents a series which sees him travel across the country....
Mediterranean with Simon Reeve
Character: Self - Presenter
Simon Reeve embarks on an extraordinary four-part journey around the Mediterranean, uncovering the wild extremes that lie behind the tourist veneer....
Tropic of Capricorn
Character: Self
Tropic of Capricorn is a BBC television documentary series. It was aired on BBC Two in 2008 and showed presenter Simon Reeve travelling along the Tropic of Capricorn....
Cornwall with Simon Reeve
Character: Self
Simon Reeve travels through glorious Cornwall as the county emerges from lockdown and investigates what the future holds for one of Britain’s favourite tourist destinations....
Movie Credits
The Coffee Trail with Simon Reeve
Character: Self (Presenter)
Adventurer and journalist Simon Reeve heads to Vietnam to uncover the stories behind the nation's morning pick-me-up. While we drink millions of cups of the stuff each week, how many of us know where our coffee actually comes from?...
The Tea Trail with Simon Reeve
Character: Self (Presenter)
Adventurer and journalist Simon Reeve heads to Kenya and Uganda to uncover the stories behind Britain's favourite drink, meeting the people who pick, pack and transport tea....
Colombia with Simon Reeve
Character: Himself - Presenter
Simon Reeve visits Colombia in the year of the pacification, at least on paper, between the government, 'aided' by right-wing death squads, and the Marxist FARC guerrilla, which was turning into an armed super-drug cartel and champion of ransom kidnappings. He speaks with people about the horror that hopefully nears its end and the prospects if both sides disarm....